Building a Skilled Workforce... Dr. Michael E. Harris Dean, College and Career Readiness Economic &Workforce Development Forsyth Technical Community College
Forsyth Tech Skilled Worker Model… It is a comprehensive workforce and social model focused on building skilled workers through a core approach based on: • Community Collaboration • Case Management • Tracking of Students Served • Helping low skilled workers become college & career ready
Objectives of Forsyth Tech Skilled Worker Model… To create a paradigm shift in Forsyth and Stokes Counties: • Citizens and businesses understand and conduct best practices socially, educationally and economically. • Attract, sustain and build a workforce that meets industry needs.
Specific Goals of Forsyth Tech Skilled Worker Model… • To match the right person to the right job • To help with retention of potential high school dropouts and assist with their transition. • To work collaboratively with employers and non-profit agencies for social and economic prosperity • To work towards building a skilled workforce and a strong community
How a Community can Create a Skilled Worker… • Agree on Core Components that identify a Skilled Worker: • Academics, Computer Skills, Soft Skills and Technical Skills • Centralize similar practices throughout the community known as the Five A’s: • Awareness, Assessment, Advising, Academics and Achievement, Soft Skills Training and Certification
Five A’S Tracking System…
Tracking of Success… • The core of the program is based on a tracking system of students’ academic progression, social and economical factors which are maintained in a portfolio for each student. • The process provides support for the student’s career path to insure student success in transitioning within Forsyth Tech and the obtainment of the National Career Readiness Certificate • Funding of non-credit skilled and pathway courses that further enhance students opportunity in the workplace or lead to further in-depth studies for a career has contributed to the success of the model.
Skilled Worker Model…
Skilled Worker Model…
Agency Connections… • Each agency recognizes their role in the community to avoid duplication of services and to work together collectively as a community. • Many agencies are connected through the local Workforce Board which is the Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC). • Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Community Partners… • Piedmont Triad Regional Council • Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center • Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce • Goodwill Industries • Experiment in Self-Reliance • City of Winston-Salem • Forsyth County Detention Center
Populations Served… • Unemployed and Underemployed • Limited ability in the English language • Mentally handicapped • Correctional or other immured groups • Low income adults • Single parents • Displaced workers • Professionals in Transition
Changing Labor Market Demand and Laws… • Changing nature of the workforce • Fastest growing jobs require HS+ • Concerns about skills gap • Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act • http://www.nawb.org/wioa_resources.asp
Efforts to Meet the Challenge… • Career Pathways • Industry-Based Training Programs • Linking Social, Workforce and Economic Development
Final Thoughts…
Closing Remarks… Five A’s statement • Awareness, Assessment, Advising, Academics and Achievement plus Soft Skills Training encompassing the Career Readiness Certificate (CRC) with Piedmont Triad Regional Council validation helps a person transition into the work place and further training.
Building a Skilled Workforce... Dr. Michael E. Harris Dean, College and Career Readiness Economic &Workforce Development Forsyth Technical Community College Thank you…
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